User researchers collect, analyse and test data to design websites, software and applications based on user needs.
£26,520 Starter
to£54,080 Experienced
37 to 39 a week
evenings occasionally
You can get into this job through:
You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
You'll usually need:
If you do not have a relevant degree, you'll need some work experience. You could get this by volunteering to help at user research sessions.
You could also get involved in the online user experience (UX) community and find a mentor to help you.
You can appy directly to user research or digital design companies, or go through an agency that specialises in providing user researcher professionals to clients.
To apply, you'll need experience in:
You could apply for a place on a user research or marketing company's graduate training scheme if you have a degree, for example in digital marketing or product design.
It will be useful if you have experience of working in agile project development.
It will also help if you have a portfolio to show examples of your work to employers.
You can find out more about working as a user researcher from the User Experience Professionals' Association and Tech Future Careers.
You'll need:
On a daily basis you'll be:
You could work in an office, at a client's business or from home.
With experience you could move into a management role and supervise less experienced UX researchers. You could also work on larger, more complicated projects as a head of user experience or research.
You could also move into a business analyst or product design role.
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